“But don't pull me down or strangle me," he replied: for the Misses Eshton were clinging about him now; and the two… — Charlotte Brontë Misses Eshton Copy Share Image
“I desired liberty; for liberty I gasped; for liberty I uttered a prayer; it seemed scattered on the wind then faintly blowing.… — Charlotte Brontë Freedom Copy Share Image
Rochester: I am to take mademoiselle to the moon, and there I shall seek a cave in one of the white valleys… — Charlotte Bronte Caves Copy Share Image
“Adele heard him, and asked if she was to go to school 'sans mademoiselle?' 'Yes,' he [Mr. Rochester] replied, 'absolutely sans mademoiselle;… — Charlotte Brontë Mr rochester Copy Share Image
~Do you like him much? ~I told you I like him a little. Where is the use of caring for him so… — Charlotte Bronte Boys Copy Share Image
But I feel this, Helen: I must dislike those who, whatever I do to please them, persist in disliking me; I must… — Charlotte Bronte Affection Copy Share Image
One does not jump, and spring, and shout hurrah! at hearing one has got a fortune, one begins to consider responsibilities, and… — Charlotte Bronte Bliss Copy Share Image
...it strikes me with terror and anguish to feel I absolutely must be torn from you for ever. I see the necessity… — Charlotte Bronte Anguish Copy Share Image
“Absolutely, sir! Oh, you need not be jealous! I wanted to tease you a little to make you less sad: I thought… — Charlotte Brontë Chapter-37 Copy Share Image
My God, whose son, as on this night, took on Him the form of man, and for man vouchsafed to suffer and… — Charlotte Bronte Aids Copy Share Image
“The next day commenced as before, getting up and dressing by rushlight; but this morning we were obliged to dispense with the… — Charlotte Brontë Next day Copy Share Image
“I dare say he thinks he has outwitted me cleverly. And this is the way men deal with women — still concealing… — Charlotte Brontë Say Thinks Copy Share Image
“These struggles with the natural character, the strong native bent of the heart, may seem futile and fruitless, but in the end… — Charlotte Brontë Art love Copy Share Image
“Mr. Rochester continued to be blind the first two years of our union; perhaps it was that circumstance that drew us so… — Charlotte Brontë Blind Copy Share Image
“I believed he was naturally a man of better tendencies, higher principles, and purer tastes than such as circumstances had developed, education… — Charlotte Brontë Education Copy Share Image
“Was I gleeful, settled, content, during the hours I passed in yonder bare, humble schoolroom this morning and afternoon? Not to decieve… — Charlotte Brontë Grief Copy Share Image
“I am to take mademoiselle to the moon, and there I shall seek a cave in one of the white valleys among… — Charlotte Brontë Cave Copy Share Image
“St. John's eyes, though clear enough in a literal sense, in a figurative one were difficult to fathom. He seemed to use… — Charlotte Brontë Discernment Copy Share Image
“I know no medium: I never in my life have known any medium in my dealings with positive, hard characters, antagonistic to… — Charlotte Brontë Life Copy Share Image
“Something real, cool, and solid, lies before you something unromantic as Monday morning, when all who have work wake with the consciousness… — Charlotte Brontë Monday Copy Share Image
“A deal of people, Miss, are for trusting all to Providence; but I say Providence will not dispense with the means, though… — Charlotte Brontë Trust Copy Share Image
“I thought of him now-in his room-watching the sunrise; hoping I should soon come to say I would stay with him and… — Charlotte Brontë Too late Copy Share Image
I sat down and tried to rest. I could not; though I had been on foot all day, I could not now… — Charlotte Bronte Accomplished Copy Share Image
“For those who are not hungry, it is easy to palaver about the degradation of charity, and so on: but they forget… — Charlotte Brontë Bitterness Copy Share Image
Human beings never enjoy complete happiness in this world. I was not born for a different destiny to the rest of my… — Charlotte Bronte Born Copy Share Image
We wove a web in childhood, A web of sunny air; We dug a spring in infancy Of water pure and fair;… — Charlotte Bronte Age Copy Share Image
I had a theoretical reverence and homage for beauty, elegance, gallantry, fascination but had I met those qualities incarnate in masculine shape,… — Charlotte Bronte Beauty Copy Share Image
“Well has Solomon said--'Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.' I would not… — Charlotte Brontë Better Copy Share Image
It does good to no woman to be flattered [by a man] who does not intend to marry her; and it is… — Charlotte Bronte Doe Copy Share Image
“You both think I know not what,' said I. 'Have the goodness to make me as little the subject of your mutual… — Charlotte Bronte Life Copy Share Image
We know that God is everywhere; but certainly we feel His presence most when His works are on the grandest scale spread… — Charlotte Bronte Feels Copy Share Image
Life is still life, whatever its pangs; our eyes and ears and their use remain with us, though the prospect of what… — Charlotte Bronte Console Copy Share Image
To you I am neither man nor woman. I come before you as an author only. It is the sole standard by… — Charlotte Bronte Accepting Copy Share Image
“strange that I should choose you for the confidante of all this, young lady; passing strange that you should listen to me… — Charlotte Brontë Young lady Copy Share Image
My fine visions are all very well, but I must not forget they are absolutely unreal. I have a rosy sky and… — Charlotte Bronte Black Copy Share Image
Self abandoned, relaxed and effortless, I seemed to have laid me down in the dried-up bed of a great river; I heard… — Charlotte Bronte Abandoned Copy Share Image
“I considered; my life was so wretched it must be changed, or I must die. After a season of darkness and struggling,… — Charlotte Brontë Darkness Copy Share Image
Oh madam, when you put bread and cheese, instead of burnt porridge, into these children's mouths, you may indeed feed their vile… — Charlotte Bronte Body Copy Share Image
“And it is you, spirit--with will and energy, and virtue and purity--that I want: not alone your brittle frame. Of yourself you… — Charlotte Brontë Essence Copy Share Image
“Reader, do you know, as I do, what terror those cold people can put into the ice of their questions? How much… — Charlotte Brontë Books Copy Share Image
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